Fender for street-railway cars.



P. N LANDINE.

FENDER FOR STREET RAILWAY CARS. APPLIOATIQH rum) APR.13,1810.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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P. N. LANDINE.

FENDER FOR STREET RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED APB..13,1B10. 934,277, Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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PETER N. LANDINE, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. MCCARTHY, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FENDER FOR STREET-RAILWAY CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented m. 14, 1911.1.

Application filed April 13, 1910. Serial No. 555,209.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l Pn'run N. LxNntNt-I, a citizen ot the United States, residing at lrlil'l'ord, in the county at New Haven and State at (Llonnecticut, have invented a new and useful flm n'ovement in Fenders 'lor Street-Raulway Cars; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanyiup drawings and the letters of referent-e marked thereon, to be a full, clear. and exact description ot the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

l ip'ure l a side view ot a tender for street railway cars constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a top or plan view o't one side ot the same, with the tripping rod omitted. Fig. 3 a broken sectional view on the line of Fig. 2 looking outward and on an enlarged scale. Fig. --l. a broken sectional view illustrating the connection of the trippiuc bar with the rock shatt. Fig. 5 a view in rear elevation of one of the yokes and parts connected therewith.

This invention relates to an immovement in. tenders for street rail my ears, particu larly of that class which is adapted to be folded up against the dash board and dropped down either by means operated from the platform, or when it strikes an obstruction, the object being an etl'cetive construction with comparatively few parts; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

the basket or catcher is a rectangular frame ha ring an upper bar 2, lower bar 3 and side bars 4-. As both sides of the device are the same, but one side is illustrated. tlhese bars support straps or it preferred, a net. The upper bar is pivotally mounted in arms (3 which project rearwardly through brackets 7 attached to the underside of a platform 8, the bracket 7 having a downwardly projecting can'earm 9 for a purpose as will hereinafter appear.

Pivotally mounted at the outer ends of the top bar 2 are yokes 10 which extend downward and carry locking-pins 11 adapted to engage with the ends of braces l2 secured to the rear ends of the arms 6. The attaclnnent ot the yokes with the braces 12 is such as to permit convenient disengagement, and to this end the upper edge of the forwardly extending portion of each brace 12 is t'ormcd with a notch 13, and the pins ll are each formed with a notch 1-'l; and so that when the pins are turned with the notches downward the ends of the braces may enter the yokes and then if the pins are gg ivcn a halt turn, they will extend into the notches and thus lock the yokes with the braces. The yokes 10 are connected together by a transverse rock shaft 19. This is preterably square throughoutits main portion with rounded ends which project through the yoke. and on the ends of this shaft within the yokes are mounted links 15 cmuiected by a pivot 16 with links .17 which links 17 are connected at their outer ends with arms IR rigidly secured to the side bars 4. hen these links are in line the outer end of the frame will be held somewhat above the road way and the extent ot elevation of the outer end may be changed by changing, the point of attachment of the links 17 with the arms 18. Thus when the links 17 are coupled with the arms 18 as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawitrgs. the outer end of the frame will be slightly elevated, but it the links 1.7 are connected with the arms 18 at the ends of the arms and through the holes 30, the outer end at the frame will be raised to a greater extent.

Secured to a square portion of the rock shatt 19 near the yokes 10 are S-shaped or cam levers 20 the :l'orward ends of which are connected with a pivot 16 and the rear ends of which extend rearwardly into the path of the cam-arm t) and so that rearward movement of the basket will move the yoke rearward, the rearward movement of the yoke forcing the arms (3 and the braces 12 rearward against the action of the springs 2-1. The rearward n'iovement ot' the yoke will carry the cam-lever 20 against the cam arm and trip the lever so as to turn the links 15 and 17 out of line with each other so as to allow the outer end of the fender frame to drop. Beyond the lower bar 3 of the basket I is a transverse tripping rod 91 which is connected by lone rods 22 with arms secured to the rock shatt 19 anu so that it the tripping); arm 21 is forced rearward it will turn the rock-sha'll. and draw the links 15 and 17 out of alinement so as to cause the outer end ot the basket to drop. As before stated, the arms (3 are adapted to move rearwardly in the brackets 7, and to hold them normally in their outer position a heavy spiral spring 24 is arranged on the arms 6, the spring ;v

bearing at one end against the bracket and at the opposite end against a washer 25 rigidly secured to the arm 6.

To drop the fender from the platform the rock shaft 19 is further provided with a downwardly projecting arm 26 which is connected by a link 27 with a bell-crank lever 28 adapted to be turned by a foot lever 29 from any convenient point on the platform. In meeting an obstruction, if the tripping rod 21 strikes it, the arms 22 will be forced rearward so as to turn the rockshaft 19 and throw the links 15 and 17 out of line so that the outer end of the basket may drop, or in case the tripping rod is not employed, the outer or lower bar 3 of the frame, if forced rearward, will cause the cam-lever 20 to engage with the lower end of the cam-arm 9 and be turned thereby so as to throw the links 15 and 17 out of alinement and cause the outer end of the basket to drop, and the basket may also be dropped from the platform by depressing the lever 29.

When it is desired to turn the basket up against the front of the car, the pins 11 are turned to disengage the lower ends of the okes from the outer ends of the braces so that the basket may be turned upward as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1.

I claim 1. A fender for street railway cars comprising a basket having its upper bar pivotally connected with rearwardly projecting arms which are longitudinally movable in brackets secured to the underside of the car platform, yokes depending from said upper bar, braces connected with said arms and with the lower ends of said yokes, a pair of links connected with said yokes and with said frame, a rock shaft parallel with said upper bar, a cam-lever connected with said rock shaft and with said links, and means for turning said shaft whereby said links are thrown out of alinement.

2. A fender for street railway cars comprising a basket having its upper bar pivotally connected with rearwardly projecting arms which are longitudinally movable inbrackets secured to the underside of the car plat-form, yokes depending from said upper bar, braces connected with said arms and with the lower ends of said yokes, a pair of links connected with said yokes and with said arm, a rock shaft, a cam lever connected with said rock shaft and with said links, a cam arm in the path of the rear of said cam lever whereby when said cam lever engages with said cam arm the links will be thrown out of alinement.

A fender for street railway cars comprising a basket having its upper bar pivotally connected with rearwardly projecting arms which are longitudinally movable in brackets secured to the underside of the car platform, yokes depending from said upper bar, braces connected with said arms and with the lower ends of said yokes, a pair of links connected with said yokes and with said frame, a rocl shaft parallel with said upper bar, cam-lever mounted on said rock-shaft and connected with said links, arms secured to said rock-shaft, a tripping bar arranged parallel with the outer end of the fender, and rods between said tripping bar and the arms secured to said rock-shaft whereby wien said tripping bar is moved rearward the rock-shaft will be turned to throw the levers out of alinement.

a. A fender for street railway cars comprising a basket the upper bar of which is pivotally connected at the outer ends of arms which arms are mounted for longitudinal movement in brackets secured to the underside of a car platform, a spring on said arms and tending to move them outward, yokes depending from the upper bar of the frame, braces carried by the inner ends of said arms and adapted at their outer ends to be detachably connected with the lower ends of said yokes, a rock shaft mounted in. said yokes, links mounted on said rock shaft and pivoted. to links connected with arms depending from the sides of said basket, S-shaped cam levers mounted on said rock shaft and connected at its outer end with said links and extending rearward beyond said yokes, a cam arm in the path of said cam levers, and means for turning said shaft from the outer end of the frame and from the platform.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER N. LANDINE.

Witnesses:

Fnnnnnro C. EARLE, CLIFFORD J. REED. 

